$500 million for Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge grants

In the national Race to the Top contest, Secretary Duncan announced that $500 million in grants have been given to programs for early education, and $200 million to runners up.

This investment is a hard-earned down payment in an ongoing campaign to provide the nation’s most vulnerable children with what they need to be successful and to ultimately create greater economic prosperity for all of us. Read more in the link below.